In a case that sparked immediate protests and claims from the family of the suspect that the suspect’s death was the fault of the police, an investigation has cleared officers that responded to a pursuit that ended in a crash and the eventual suicide of Elliott Johnson on August 17th, 2020.

The investigation in Dane county concluded after just under a month of work that Elliot Johnson Killed himself with a single 9mm shot to the head from a handgun he retrieved from the vehicle after an ineffective Taser deployment by an unidentified officer.

The unnamed officer was attempting to conduct a traffic stop on Johnson who was allegedly driving at speeds exceeding 80 [...]